As the new school year begins, a small pantry set up outside a Tucson home is becoming a lifeline for local kids.
Leah Dardis and her wife launched the pantry just over two weeks ago to support queer youth in their neighborhood. But as demand grew, so did their mission.
“We just noticed that a lot of kids were going hungry,” said Dardis, who worked in schools for nearly 30 years. “We saw a gap and said, ‘We need to step in.’”…